• October 9th…Janiel Bodiford & Bentley (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel)…AKC MACH

• November 27th…Wanda Henley & Landry…NADAC NATCH

• December 4th…Sue Baird & Dash…AKC MACH

• December 9th…Cathy Bender & Jimmy (Vizsla)…AKC MACH

Congratulations to these great teams!

Here’s how PAWSters finished the weekend!

DAWG AKC Trial – McKinney (Nov. 18-20)

Christine Lemieux & Hero (Sheltie)*

• Novice JWW-Preferred. . .3^rd Place. . .Q
• Novice Standard-Preferred. . .3^rd Place. . .Q
• Novice Standard –Preferred. . .1^st Place. . .Q
• Novice JWW-Preferred. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

*First trial for this team!

Samantha Ferrie & Averie (All-American)

• Novice B FAST. . .2^nd Place. . .NF TITLE!!!
• Novice B Standard. . .1^st Place. . .NA TITLE!!!
• Open Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q
• Open FAST. . .1^st Place. . .Q
• Open Standard. . .2^nd Place. . .Q
• Open Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

Sherry Comegys & Tani (All-American)

• Excellent B Standard-Preferred. . .2^nd Place. . .Q
• Excellent B JWW-Preferred. . .1^st Place. . .DQ

Sherry Comegys & Cutter (All-American)

• Open JWW. . .1^st Place. . .Q

Cathy Bender & Jimmy (Vizsla)

• Excellent B JWW. . .2^nd Place. . .Q
• Excellent B Standard. . .2^nd Place. . .Q
• Excellent B JWW. . .DQ

Sue Baird & Dash (Cavalier)

• Excellent B Standard. . .Q
• Excellent B Standard. . .Q
• Excellent B JWW. . .DQ
• Excellent B JWW. . .Q

Janiel Bodiford & Bentley (Cavalier)

• Excellent B Standard. . .2^nd Place. . .Q
• Excellent B JWW. . .DQ
• Excellent B JWW. . .Q

Renee’ Lewis & Linus (Beagle)

• Novice B FAST. . .1^st Place. . .NF TITLE!!!

Sydney Burton & Roxie (Sheltie)

• Time 2 Beat. . .Q
• Excellent B JWW. . .Q

Debbie Spence & Cameron (Sheltie)

• Excellent B FAST. . .2^nd Place. . .Q
• Excellent B Standard. . .3^rd Place. . .Q
• Excellent B FAST. . .1^st Place. . .Q
• Excellent B Standard. . .Q
• Excellent B JWW. . .DQ

Debbie Spence & Senna (Border Collie)

• Excellent B Standard. . .3^rd Place. . .Q
• Time 2 Beat. . .2^nd Place. . .Q
• Excellent B FAST. . .3^rd Place. . .Q
• Excellent B JWW. . .4^th Place. . .Q

Debbie Spence & Braedan (Border Collie)

• Excellent A FAST. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

Debbie

USDAA Trial – Prosper (Nov. 12 & 13)

Gayle Fox & Chunk (Pomeranian)

• P1 Jumpers. . .2^nd Place

Samantha Ferrie & Averie (All-American)

• Starters Gamblers. . .1^st Place

• Advanced Standard. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Advanced Pairs Relay. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Steeplechase (Round 1). . .4^th Place

• Advanced Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Starters Gamblers. . .1^st Place

• Advanced Snooker. . .2^nd Place

• Steeplechase (Finals). . .1^st Place

Anne Miller & Hemi (Aussie)

• Starters Pairs Relay. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Starters Gamblers. . .Q

Peggy Friauf & Rags (Jack Russell)

• P3 Standard. . .Q

• P3 Snooker. . .2^nd Place. . .Super Q & PKM TITLE!!!

• P3 Pairs Relay. . .1^st Place. . .PRM TITLE!!!

Peggy Friauf & Sheba (Border Collie)

• Advanced Snooker. . .1^st Place. . .Q

Debbie Spence & Cameron (Sheltie)

• P3 Jumpers. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• P3 Snooker. . .1^st Place. . .Super Q!!!

• P3 Standard. . .1^st Place. . .Q

Debbie Spence & Senna (Border Collie)

• Performance Grand Prix Qualifier. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Masters Standard. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Masters Pairs Relay. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

Debbie Spence & Braedan (Border Collie)

• Advanced Gamblers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Starters Standard. . .1^st Place. . .Q

Debbie

NADAC Trial – Norman, OK (Nov. 5-6)

Anne Miller & Hemi (Aussie)

• Novice Hoopers. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Novice Regular. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Novice Touch ‘n’ Go. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Novice Weavers. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Novice Jumpers. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

Chris Castelli & Annie (Border Collie)*

• Elite Regular. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Elite Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Elite Tunnelers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Elite Chances. . .Q

*Owned by Nancy Hawley

Chris Castelli & Troy (Border Collie)

• Novice Hoopers. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Novice Jumpers. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Novice Tunnelers. . .2^nd Place. . .O-TN-N TITLE!!!

ASCA Trial – Rendon (Nov. 5-6)

Steffany Jay & Percy (Aussie)

• Open Regular. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

Steffany Jay & Cash (Aussie)

• Novice Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Novice Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

TDAA Trial – McKinney, TX (Nov. 5-6)

Roberta Marshall & Samantha (All-American)

• Superior Standard. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Level 3 Tunnelers. . .Q

• Level 3 Dealer’s Choice. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Level 3 Heinz 57. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Level 3 Rekoons. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

Note:  On Saturday, Gayle Fox and Chunk (Pomeranian) competed in this venue for the first time.  Although Chunk didn’t qualify, she ran clean in two of her three runs (was over course time), and Gayle was happy with her little dog.    On Sunday, Freda Burks and Basie (Bassett Hound) competed, also for the first time.  Freda reported that, had Basie done a down on the table (which he absolutely hates to do), he would have qualified in one of his two runs.  (Guess we know what she’ll be working on

USDAA Trial – Garland, TX (Nov. 5-6)

Sydney Burton & Roxie (Sheltie)

• Advanced Gamblers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Advanced Snooker. . .1^st Place. . .AK TITLE!!!

• Advanced Gamblers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

Marcy Lingle & Ringo (Aussie)

• Starters Standard. . .4^th Place. . .Q

• Starters Gamblers. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Advanced Jumpers. . .2^nd Place

Susan Shipp & Rush (Border Collie)

• Starters Gamblers. . .2^nd Place. . .SG TITLE!!!

• Starters Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .SJ TITLE!!!

• Starters Snooker. . .1^st Place. . .SK TITLE!!!

• Starters Pairs Relay. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Advanced Gamblers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Advanced Snooker. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Starters Pairs Relay. . .Q

Debbie

DOTC AKC Trial – McKinney (Oct. 8-9)

Sherry Comegys & Tani (All-American)

• Excellent B Standard-Preferred. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Excellent B JWW-Preferred. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

Janiel Bodiford & Bentley (Cavalier)

• Excellent B JWW. . .Q

• Excellent B Standard. . .DQ

Janiel Bodiford & Bailee (Cavalier)

• Excellent A JWW. . .1^st Place. . .EAJ TITLE!!!

• Excellent A Standard. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Excellent B JWW. . .Q

DAWG USDAA Trial – Caddo Mills (Oct. 8-9)

Cindy Zangrilli & Jackson (Sheltie)

• Starters Standard. . .2^nd Place

• Starters Jumpers. . .1^st Place

Anne Miller & Hemi (Aussie)

• P1 Gamblers. . .2^nd Place

• P1 Snooker. . .2^nd Place

• P1 Jumpers. . .2^nd Place

• P1 Gamblers. . .1^st Place

• P1 Jumpers. . .1^st Place

Anne Miller & Oreo (Border Collie)

• P2 Gamblers. . .2^nd Place

Samantha Ferrie & Averie (All-American)

• Starters Gamblers. . .2^nd Place

• Starters Snooker. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Starters Standard. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Starters Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Starters Pairs Relay. . .1^st Place. . .Q*

• Starters Gamblers. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Starters Standard. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Starters Jumpers. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

*With Debbie Spence & Braedan

Note:  This was Samantha & Averie’s very first USDAA trial.  I think I hate them

Sydney Burton & Cherokee (Sheltie)

• P1 Jumpers. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

Sharen Hyde & Tessie (Border Collie)

• P3 Snooker. . .Q

• P3 Pairs Relay. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

Susan Shipp & Tessa (Border Collie)

• P3 Snooker. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• P3 Pairs Relay. . .1^st Place. . .Q

Susan Shipp & Rush (Border Collie)

• Starters Gamblers. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Starters Snooker. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Starters Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Starters Gamblers. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

Debbie Spence & Cameron (Sheltie)

• P3 Pairs Relay. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• P3 Snooker. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Performance Speed Jumping (Round 1). . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• P3 Snooker. . .1^st Place. . .Super Q

• P3 Pairs Relay. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Performance Speed Jumping (Round 2). . .2^nd Place

Debbie Spence & Senna (Border Collie)

• Masters Snooker. . .3^rd Place. . .Super Q

• Performance Speed Jumping (Round 1). . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Masters Standard. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Masters Pairs Relay. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Performance Speed Jumping (Round 2). . .1^st Place

Debbie Spence & Braedan (Border Collie)

• Starters Gamblers. . .Q

• Steeplechase (Round 1). . .4^th Place. . .Q

• Starters Gamblers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Starters Pairs Relay. . .1^st Place. . .Q*

• Steeplechase (Round 2). . .4^th Place

• Starters Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .SJ TITLE!!!

*With Samantha Ferrie & Averie

A big CONGRATULATIONS to Janiel Bodiford and her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Bentley, for earning their AKC MACH title on Sunday at the DFWESSA trial!!!

This team has come such a very long way from when they first started training at PAWS a few years ago.  I confess I’ve pushed Janiel pretty hard to get out of her comfort zone with her dogs.  She resisted doing lead-out pivots, rear crossing the weaves, leaving her dogs to get into position for a front cross.  In short, she wanted to micro-manage her dogs like we all do, especially with our first agility dogs.  I’ve challenged Janiel to trust her dogs and try new things.  What she found is that her dogs got faster, and Bentley started getting more MACH points per run than Janiel ever imagined he was capable of.  And, so, with Sunday’s two beautiful runs, Bentley finished his MACH, a title that requires 20 Double Q’s and 750 speed points.

Congratulations again to a great team!  Way to go, Janiel & Bentley!!!

In addition to Janiel’s big accomplishment this past weekend, PAWSters traveled to different areas for different agility venues and came home with some nice results!

AKC Trial – McKinney (Oct. 7-9)

Janiel Bodiford & Bentley (Cavalier)

• Excellent B JWW. . .Q

• Excellent B Standard. . .Q

• Excellent B JWW. . .DQ. . .MACH TITLE!!!

Janiel Bodiford & Bailee (Cavalier)

• Excellent A Standard. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

Sydney Burton & Roxie (Sheltie)

• Time 2 Beat. . .Q

Cathy Bender & Jimmy (Vizsla)

• Excellent B Standard. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Excellent B Standard. . .4^th Place. . .Q

Sue Baird & Dash (Cavalier)

• Excellent B Standard. . .Q

• Excellent B Standard. . .Q

• Excellent B JWW. . .DQ

• Excellent B Standard. . .Q

• Excellent B JWW. . .DQ

Sherry Comegys & Tani (All-American)

• Excellent B Standard-Preferred. . .4^th Place. . .Q

Cindy Zangrilli & Jackson (Sheltie)

• Time 2 Beat. . .Q

• Novice A JWW. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

Susan Shipp & Rush (Border Collie)

• Open Standard. . .OA TITLE!!!

• Open Jumpers. . .4^th Place. . .Q

• Open Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .OAJ TITLE!!!

Debbie Spence & Cameron (Sheltie)

• Time 2 Beat. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Excellent B JWW. . .Q

• Time 2 Beat. . .Q

• Excellent B JWW. . .Q

• Time 2 Beat. . .Q

• Excellent B JWW. . .Q

• Excellent B Standard. . .4^th Place. . .DQ

Debbie Spence & Senna (Border Collie)

• Excellent B JWW. . .Q

• Excellent B Standard. . .DQ

Debbie Spence & Braedan (Border Collie)

• Time 2 Beat. . .Q

NADAC Trial – MacGregor (Oct. 8-9)

Dave Fulenwider & Toby (Dachshund)

• Novice Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Novice Tunnelers. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

Kathleen Coleman & Trudy (Min. Pin)

• Novice Jumpers. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Novice Tunnelers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

Chris Castelli & Annie (Border Collie)*

• Elite Regular – Veterans. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Elite Jumpers – Veterans. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Elite Jumpers – Veterans. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

• Elite Chances – Veterans. . .Q

• Elite Tunnelers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

• Elite Tunnelers. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

*Owned by Nancy Hawley

Chris Castelli & Troy (Border Collie)

• Novice Tunnelers. . .3^rd Place. . .Q

ASCA Trial – Rendon (Oct. 8-9)

Steffany Jay & Percy (Aussie)

• Open Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

Steffany Jay & Cash (Aussie)

• Novice Gamblers. . .2^nd Place. . .Q

• Novice Jumpers. . .1^st Place. . .Q

Some benefits about this particular venue:

-         Only one ring that’s enclosed on three sides and curtained on the entry/exit side.

-         Only one dog off-leash in the ring at a time.  When one dog finishes a run, the dog waiting its turn is not unleashed until the dog that just finished running has its leash back on.

-         Some training in the ring is allowed, so this was a perfect time to work on start-line stays, contacts, weaves, distractions.

As for me, I went for two reasons:  (1) to work on Braedan’s start-lines and contacts, and (2) to encourage some of our newbies to go and be there to support them.

Special kudos to:

Dave Fulenwider & Toby (Dachshund).  Toby is the first dog Dave has trained, and this was Dave’s first trial.  While Toby was somewhat distracted by all the new smells in this arena, Dave did an exceptional job of maintaining his composure and running Toby just like he does in class.

Janet Johnson & Gus (Pit Bull).  Despite my promises that this would be a very comfortable venue for Gus’s first trial, Janet was a nervous wreck.  Gus was also a bit distracted by the new place and its myriad of smells, but Janet held it together and never gave up on Gus.  I was proud of her great handling.  Janet admits she had fun and wants to go again J.  She had this to say:  “Even though my dog peed in the tunnel during one run and ran out of the ring on two runs, we still had loads of fun. Everyone was so nice, positive and encouraging. I felt like we were still welcome despite the multiple faux pas.”

Gayle Fox & Chunkers (Pomeranian).  Gayle has been working hard on Chunk’s start-line stays and “Go’s!”, and she worked them nicely at this trial.  Chunk, too, had to check out the smells (and the judge and ring crew , but she continues to improve her focus with every outing.

Comments from other PAWSters about this venue:

-         It was a great place to take a novice dog for a trial. The relaxed setting and all the encouragement from everyone was a great plus, too.

-         Like a fun match but with a judge, Q’s, and ribbons.  You can train some in the ring, too, which was great.

-         What I liked the most was the positive attitude of the NADAC ‘regulars’ and judges. And, as always, the support & encouragement from fellow PAWSters!

-         It was especially good for people who had not been in trials before. It boosted my confidence to be able to go through all the steps of running my dog:  getting ready, getting the dog in position, leash/collar off and then running his dog and exiting the course correctly. Excellent practice – not so many people, so less overwhelming for an inexperienced dog.

As always, PAWSters chipped in to help wherever they were needed, and that’s always much appreciated.  I want to especially thank a few people who went above and beyond:

-          Janie Fowler. . .who’s brand new to agility and PAWS (just out of beginners), got here early to take money and sign folks in, and brought a cooler of bottled water for folks to enjoy!

-          Peggy Friauf. . .PAWS instructor who also arrived early and did all the timing and gate stewarding for the Standard ring – from start to finish!  I’m not sure she even got a potty break!  (What’s worse is she had to get up and go to work this morning!)

-          Gratia Childers. . .PAWSter who came out just to help and ended up spending the entire evening working in the Standard ring helping reset knocked bars, changing jump heights, and pushing the table back in place after the bigger dogs would cause it to slide across the grass.

These three ladies came out to work and didn’t even run a dog during the evening.  Talk about some great PAWS support!

Other PAWSters whose help was also very much appreciated:

-          Samantha Ferrie. . .who timed all the small dogs in the Jumpers ring and helped reset knocked bars, too.

-          Jessica & Justine White. . .helped reset the chute and jump bars in the Standard ring while the little dogs were running.

-          Brandy Ferrera, Victoria Severns, Kat Nicholl-Basye, Steffany Jay, and Anne Miller for helping wherever needed and whenever asked.

-          Kathleen Coleman & Dave Fulenwider. . .who brought an extra canopy to put over the sign-in desk (which was a great help because ours got demolished in yesterday afternoon’s wind).

I also want to acknowledge some of our very new PAWSters and/or PAWS dogs (the first three listed below just graduated from beginners agility last Monday) and were brave enough to come out and play last night:

-          Cheryl Mobley & Indigo (Cattle Dog)

-          Shellaine Conant & Sketch (All-American)

-          Marlene Bean & Oliver (Yorkshire Terrier)

-          Kat Nicholl-Basye & Zen (Border Collie)

-          Genine Kelly & Eli (All-American)

-          Mary Taylor & Rio (All-American)

-          Steffany Jay & Cash (Aussie)

I’m sure I’ve forgotten someone along the way, but please know that, if you helped, you were very much appreciated by not only me but everyone who attended.

As I always say. . .PAWSters are the greatest!!!

Thanks again everyone!

Two Clicker Obedience Classes will start the second week of September.  Our evening class will start on Tuesday, September 13th at 7:00 p.m. (with a second class at 8:30 p.m. if the early class fills); our daytime class will begin on Wednesday, September 14th at 8:30 a.m. (with a second class at 10:00 a.m. if the first one fills).

If you’ve already taken a PAWS Clicker Obedience Class and your dog is at least a year old, you’re ready to start agility.  Two Beginners Agility Classes will also be starting in September:  an evening class on Monday, September 12th, at 6:45 p.m and a daytime class on Wednesday, September 14th, at 9:30 a.m.  These two classes are almost filled, so send in your registration form and class fees right away to reserve a spot.

A Puppy Agility/Socialization Class is also scheduled to start on Thursday, September 15th, at 8:30 p.m.  This class is a great way to allow your pup to socialize with other pups, as well as to develop his confidence as he starts his obedience and agility training.

Come join the fun at PAWS this fall!